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The Viking's Skull

by John R. Carling

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical27 chapters
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CEFR level
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Length
27 chapters
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About this book

In a remote Breton fishing village, a mysterious English lady arrives with her young son, seeking refuge and lodging in a quaint, centuries-old house. As old Pol Marais eagerly welcomes her, secrets of the past begin to surface beneath the coastal calm.

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Contents

27 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02List of Illustrations
03CHAPTER I "THE ENGLISH LADY"
04CHAPTER II THE RUNIC RING
05CHAPTER III A RETROSPECT
06CHAPTER IV TRAGEDY!
07CHAPTER I THE RAVENGARS OF RAVENHALL
08CHAPTER II THE MYSTERY OF THE RELIQUARY
09CHAPTER III IDRIS REDIVIVUS
10CHAPTER IV THE SECRET OF THE RUNIC RING
11CHAPTER V "THE SHADOW OF THE OFT-CARRIED THRONE"
12CHAPTER VI "THE FIRES OF THE ASAS!"

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